capability

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000540",
  "term": "capability",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A person’s potential to accomplish something.\n\n2. A combination of mutually reinforcing controls implemented by technical means, physical means, and procedural means. Such controls are typically selected to achieve a common information security or privacy purpose.\n\n3. A combination of mutually reinforcing security and/or privacy controls implemented by technical, physical, and procedural means. Such controls are typically selected to achieve a common information security- or privacy-related purpose.\n\n4. A combination of mutually reinforcing security and/or privacy controls implemented by technical means, physical means, and procedural means. Such controls are typically selected to achieve a common information security- or privacy-related purpose.\n\n5. See Capability, Security.\n\n6. A set of mutually reinforcing security controls implemented by technical, physical, and procedural means. Such controls are typically selected to achieve a common information security-related purpose.\n\n7. A feature or function.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Capability, Security"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NIST IR 8355",
    "NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2",
    "NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5; NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5",
    "NIST SP 800-53B",
    "NISTIR 8011 Vol. 1",
    "NISTIR 8228",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/capability/"
}